Wednesday, October 27, 2021

FOOD AND FAITH?

 From my early teens, I became a “health nut.” Homeschooled, my education was primarily the Bible. My parents read the Bible three times a day, aloud, with their eight children. It was how we learned to read.

I knew that the Bible emphasized health: spiritual, physical, and emotional. I took it for granted.  "Jesus said to them, I am the bread of life.  He who comes to Me shall never hunger, and he who believes on Me shall never thirst." (John 6:35). The Bible often uses Spiritual and physical truth, one to explain the other.

The Creator’s design for us is for our well being. It’s what the Bible is about. And he created within the natural world natural nutrition.  "Wherefore do you spend money for that which is not bread? and your labor for that which satisfies not? hearken diligently to me, and eat that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness." (Isaiah 55:2)’ “Fatness” here is health.

When His people would not choose well, they hurt themselves.  "He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied you." (Psalm 81:16).  "O Israel, you have destroyed yourself; but in Me is your help." (Hosea 13:9) "He makes peace in your borders and fills you with the finest of the wheat." (Psalm 147:14)

His people went astray and he invited them back to Him using their health and beauty as an incentive: "And you were adorned with gold and silver; and your clothing was of fine linen and silk and embroidered work. You ate fine flour and honey and oil; and you were exceedingly beautiful." (Ezekiel 16:13)

In the store what is labeled “Whole grain, multi grain” may not be what they seem; they may have bleached, white degermed flour for a longer shelf life.  The manufacturer has unchecked leeway to mark things deceptively.  This Link clarifies the differences: https://www.naturespath.com/en-us/blog/difference-whole-grain-whole-wheat/

Things grown, as fruit, vegetables, nuts, natural olive oil, grassfed beef, milk, cheese, and natural honey. (Exodus 3:17). These God fed his people. The best protein is instituted by the feasts and sacrifices described in the Old Testament.  Health again instituted for their spiritual and physical wellbeing. 

Food and Faith? Could this be a key to physical health? My thinking process turned to logic: our Creator has given us food grown from the earth, mined (salt) from deep in the earth, fished from the sea, protein from grazing animals.  For those who pay attention!

As we read through the Bible this time, Eric, my husband and I noticed this amazing rundown for health

"He made him ride on the high places of the earth, so that he might eat the increase of the fields. And He made him suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock, butter from cows, and milk from sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the sons of Bashan, and goats, with the fat of kidneys of wheat. And you drank the blood of the grape." Deuteronomy 32:13,14. 

The physical truth morphs into a deep understanding of our loving Creator’s care. "And Jesus answered him, saying, ‘It is written, ‘That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.’’" Luke 4:4. 


Saturday, October 23, 2021

WE TURN OUT SOMEHOW

 People, friends, antagonists, not so friendly friends, brothers, and sisters (reared exactly like we were ) “walk” through life, and we turn out to be who we are. Every person’s way of living, thinking has gradually “grown” to the present. What is mysterious is that in those continuous conscious and unconscious thoughts and decisions we become who we are; we “turn us out”.

 

If we believe Scripture and are faithful to reading it, seeking the truth and wisdom of it, we grow wise. If our mind and heart is continuously influenced by secular thinking, doubters, deceivers that is how we will “turn out”.  Pro 23:7 for as he thinks in his heart, so is he…

 

I have decided to believe the Bible, to mull over what I do not understand, to act on what I do.  It is an exciting adventure to think Biblically. My Dad was a Bible fan:  I cannot thank him enough for making sure that all his family, he, Mom, and eight of us children read the Bible aloud together three times a day. Yes, three times for 30 minutes after breakfast, dinner, and supper, as they called it. He planned this time into our day because he could. He was an evangelist, and his family was his first mission field.

 

The doubters of Scripture are missing profound growth and wisdom. Here is the point:  The Bible says that “all scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the (person) man of God may be (complete) perfect, thoroughly furnished to all good works.” (2 Timothy 3:16,17)

 

Jesus words (from Mark), “Heaven and earth shall pass away, but My Words shall not pass away…”

 

When heaven and earth passes, and there is a Day coming when everything will change … for good, we can be ready. The One who keeps your heart beating, the One who hangs the world upon nothing, the One Who came down here to this sin filled world and died for your sins and mine to save us…He is coming again. 


Just after He ascended to Heaven, after His death and resurrection…The stunned disciples stared up into the clouds where Jesus had ascended back to his Father in heaven.  Angels appeared to them. "Two men stood by them in white apparel; Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven. (Act 1:11)

 

But of that day and hour no one knows, no, not the angels in Heaven, nor the Son, but the Father. 

Take heed, watch and pray, for you do not know when the time is. (Mark 13:31,32)

Tuesday, October 12, 2021

AVOIDING (THE WRONG WAY)

2 Timothy 3, vs 1-7 speaks very well of the current day people who are in the church but are really wicked. It seems to me the list can apply as well to lofty Legalists as the flamboyant Charismatics. The aberrant Charismatics* are more open and easy to see than those who have the “form of godliness, but deny the power thereof”.


We avoid them by:
- - Continuing in things learned and assured (proved).
- - Learn things that come from good sources
- - Lifelong learning from the Scripture..

This we get through:
- - Doctrine, systematic way of teaching, thinking. First, we must know the basic truth.
- - Reproof, “you are wrong, stop, repent”. We must stop the wrong activity.
- - Correction, “you are going off course, this is what you must do to correct”. We must show where and how we are getting off course.
- - Instruction in righteousness, describing and demonstrating what are the right actions and thoughts. We must show what is the right way.
Parents play a first, primary and major role in accomplishing this..

*Not the good ones, but the aberrant ones.

 

BY ERIC

POSTED, PUBLISHED ON BUILDINGBYLIZZIE OCTOBER 12, 2021